P: New user interface lacks contrast and many usability cues, lots of other problems

Thank you both, Richard and Roger, for your useful and honest reply's!

(Gosh, why do I hate I hate those rounded buttons so much? Maybe it's because it's used on
Mac and not so much on windows??... Please, please, please don't make Photoshop look like Mac (or other trendy UI) and keep it's own characteristic look and feel!)

Keep your reply's coming guys!

It depends quite a lot on what you're doing, Designert. And to what extend are you ready to suffer without any reason while doing it. Say for example that you want to use the new Select and Mask tool and workspace which is good IMHO, even if it still has issues, then you have to go to the newest version. Bear in mind though that you will have to suffer some true interface indignities surely created by Satan in order to punish the lot of us.

I've stopped complaining because those people are worse than American politics nowadays. They will not listen, they will admit almost nothing. You just can't discuss with not-yet-grownups. I will illustrate what I mean with a single, specially abhorrent example of an unreadable dialog.

Good luck anyway.

If you consider bland, drab, lifeless, unreadable & grey "safe" then go ahead 😉

I'm still on 14.2 and  staying there.

Hi Guys,

Question: Is every one following this topic now using the new user interface and do you like it?
Is it save to update already?
(I'm still using: 2015.0.0)

Thanks in advance

The Camera Raw plug-in is updated for all versions of CC.

> I currently have both PS CC2015 and CC2014 installed, and the cloud is constantly nagging me to allow it to update 2014.  Update what>

If you click on the What's New below the name of the app the Cloud will update, you should get a response to what's being updated, or a link to find out more. Usually what is being updated is Camera Raw stuff— cameras supported, that sort of thing. Every time cameras get updated, the earlier, eligible apps all get updated, so you can wind up with 4 or 5 updates you can ignore if you don't need Camera Raw support.

But it's a good idea to read what is being updated  in case there's a bug fix. You can rest assured they won't be updating your entire UI.

While we're at it, can anyone explain to me why Adobe updates "legacy" versions?  I currently have both PS CC2015 and CC2014 installed, and the cloud is constantly nagging me to allow it to update 2014.  Update what?  One of the many things I hate about this whole cloud deal is the blind updates.  Like Forrest Gump says, "you never know what you're gonna get," only it's rarely chocolate.  This thread is about an "update" no one here would have allowed if they had seen what the result was going to be first.  Needless to say I haven't allowed the 2014 update.

Jeff,
Thank you for your update.
(It really did feel no one was listening anymore.)

But for now I'll stay with version 2015.0.0.
I don't trust the new interface will suddenly be better now than the good old one

The 2014 version suits me just fine. No 'upgrade' since then has been easier to use or even understand.

You do know that a return to the 2014 UI would be the best solution. It was a good combo of form following function. I think that you guys are trying to constrain yourselves too much within the current UI trends. Next year, it will be something else, and then 10 years down the line, some young design team will "discover" and reintroduce the old one. 😉